John Travolta Shares Sweet Tribute For Son Benjamin’s 13th Birthday _ E! News

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00:00 John Travolta shares a heartwarming tribute for his son Benjamin's birthday.

00:05 On November 23rd, Thanksgiving Day, the actor took to Instagram to send Benjamin Travolta

00:11 a sweet message for his 13th birthday. He writes, "I can't believe my baby boy is now a teenager.

00:18 Ben turns 13 today." And he's not the only family member to send a birthday post. Ella Travolta,

00:24 the daughter of John and late wife Kelly Preston, also posts a tribute to her little brother on

00:30 Instagram. The caption reads, "Happy birthday my sweetest Benjamin. It feels like yesterday you

00:37 were this young and now you're 13." In addition to Benjamin, John and Kelly also raised son Jet

00:43 Travolta, who tragically died in 2009 at the age of 16 after suffering a seizure during a family

00:50 vacation. His mom passed away in 2020 at the age of 57 following a two-year breast cancer battle.

00:58 John and Ella still pay tribute to Kelly by sharing images of their late loved one with

01:03 the actor posting in October for her birthday, captioning the image, "Happy birthday Kelly."

01:09 While appearing on Heart to Heart in 2021, John gets candid with Kevin Hart about a conversation

01:15 he had with Benjamin, where Benjamin shared he was afraid his dad was going to pass away.

01:20 John said, "You know Ben, you always love the truth and I'm going to tell you the truth about

01:26 life. Nobody knows where they're going to go or when they're going to stay. I said, 'Your brother

01:32 left at 16, too young. Your mother left at 57, that was too young.' But who's to say? I said,

01:39 'I could die tomorrow. You could. Anybody can. So you don't know exactly, you just do your best

01:46 at trying to live the longest you can.'"

01:49 He also shared a picture of the couple on Instagram, sharing a picture of their daughter, Ella, with the actor.

02:00 "I'm not going to die tomorrow. I'm going to live the longest I can. I'm going to live the longest I can."